Hey Everyone. I know it has been a LONG time since I have given you an update and this is way over due. First and for most I want to say THANK YOU! Thank you for all the love and support you have given me in this last year. Thank you for the prayers you have prayed for me and the encouragement you have told me! I could not have made it through this year with out all of you and I am eternally grateful. Here is a little picture into the chaos I arrived at at home.
I landed in America 65 days ago and a lot has happened!
- I have moved home, living in a new room with new colors on the wall,
- Driving a new car ( I mean its a 10 year old Jetta but its new to me),
- Started a new job as a part time 7th and 8th grade humanities teacher, developing the curriculum, starting a newspaper at the school and becoming the girls assistant waterpolo coach for the high school.
- I have driven over 1,000 miles in a month
- I have reconnected with old friends and made new friends
- I have gotten involved with CRU high school and could possible go on staff with them in January
- I have attend 8 softball games in the last two weeks
- I got to spend time with my grandma in her last moments of life and be with her when she went to go be with Jesus.
Needless to say life has been going at a crazy speed since I have been. In my last month on the race I remember thinking about the excitement of NORMAL life, of what s its going to be like to stay in one place for more than a month, to have a NORMAL schedule in that I know what I have to do on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc. But life since being home has been anything but normal. Life has revolved around one crisis after another and last week I got to a breaking point. A point of panic, of anxiety and frustration, full of stress and sadness.
But now life is starting to "slow" I am beginning to reflect on the race and all that I have experienced, I realized that nothing is normal. That God brings us through seasons of our lives and that season we will find our new normal. We will find what normal life is at that moment and that is what we have to hold on to. Since coming home, my life has been very unstable. Everything is new and different, things are constantly changing and I fell like I am constantly putting out little fires each way I turn. But through all this I am constantly reminded that God is our only stability in our lives. He is the only one we can hold on to through the hard times, the only one we can constantly rely on to be there through the hard and challenging times.
This season of reentry has not been easy. Alot has changed with my grandma passing, starting a new job and learning how to live at home again. Yet through all this , I can't stop seeing the blessings that God has given me throughout this season such as watching my sister hit a homerun in her softball game, laughing with my family, connecting with old friends, helping to jump start ministry at a public high school, getting petitions from my students that I give to much homework (it didn't work 😉 ) and learning to experience God in the little things.
With all that said, this will be my final worldrace blog. I greatly appreciate all the support you have given me. My next step right now is staying in San Diego, teaching part time at The Classical Academy and in January I am hoping to go on staff with CRU high school. I will be RAISING SUPPORT AGAIN to work with students in the local high schoolers. Please pray that God continues to bless this situation and continues to bless the ministry we will be doing. If you have any questions about CRU High School, please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Thank you again for everything.
Also here is a video recap of my trip….
